Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-09

before he saw the state. OF course hi
had not expected to fiud q desert, for ht
had heard much of Texas and its produc
tiveness, but what he saw far exceeded
his anticipations.
r. c. KERENS.
Mr.. Kerens said the St. Lotus, Arkan
sas and Texas would be good thing fol
Fort Worth, and coming to this city
would be good thing for the road
They would bring here the pine, white oah
and other woods needed by the people or
our treeless prairies, and at Fort Worth
/ they would make connection with tine
railroads to distribute what they would
haul to us. The St. Louis, Arkansas and
Texas drained the states of Illinois,
Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa and Texas and
would bring US what we lacked. Mr.
Kerens has thorough practical knowledge
of railroading and the country his road
runs through.
GEORGE COPPELL.
/ This gentleman, a prominent New
( Yorker and careful tinancier,
was well pleased with all he had seen.
He examined statistics carefully and in
vestigated our resources. He was pre-
pared to make very favorable report to
the bondholders when he returned to
New York.
o. 7. LYON.
While Colonel Lyon had been in Texas
many years and had read the GAZETTE,
had seen Fort Worth once or twice, and
heard much of the city, he
said he was astonished at
what he found here. our buildings
were much finer than he had before sup
posed and the city was considerably
larger than he had been led to believe
from his information. Six months
ago Colonel Britton and himself had
known of the project for the
road to come to Fort Worth
and had done what they could to favor it.
Colonel Lyon thought 1t would be only
short time until work on the line would
begin if the people would respond to the
company's reasonable requests.
JUDGE DENMAN.
THE GAZETTE yesterday put Judge Den
man down as the attorney of the St.Louis,
Arkansas ana Texas, but the gentleman
says that is q mistake; ne represents
some of the security holders aud is also
with the st. Louis and San Francisco.
At O'Clock the party were taken to
the Union depot in carriages to their
car, and, accompanied by Colonel
Smith and President Jones, at
2:3O left for Dallas, the car
being attached to a fast freight. From
Dallas the party will go to Sherman and
then to TeXarkana, and from there to St.
Louis and New York to their respective
homes. The st. Louis, Arkansas and
10 tN,,;lI
Worth, and has asked, it is said,
that right of way through Tarrant
county and Fort Worth be granted
by the people, the company agreeing to
buy it's own depot grounds. The
proposition will doubtless be put in black
and white, and then the matter rests with
Fort Worth, Grapevine, Plano and other
points along the route. Fort Worth Ger
tainly should secure this road.
Vice-President Lawrence of the Fort
Worth Western is expected home tonight.
Trainmaster Judy says the Strawn
mines turned out three car loads of coal
yesterday.
The Texas and Pacific shops are getting
No. 6 engine in order for the LAYING of
track on the Rio Grande division.
The Texas and Pacific will at once put
ten additional machinists to work and in
crease the amount of machinery in the
shops.
Reported Negotiations.
NEW YORK, Feb. SIT is reported that |
are pending between the |
Adams Express Company and the Balti |
more and Ohio Railroad by which the
Adams may acquire control of sthe Balti-